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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2at pga tour Qualifying tournament to regain pga tourcard for 1998. 1996: required surgery on elbow again andreceived special medical extension for 1997. 1994: playedfirst part of season under special medical extension andwas able to retain card by finishing 97th on money list.1992: missed most of season and the prior year due tofirst elbow surgery. 1988: Earned second tour title at theBuick open, where a final-round 66 produced two-strokescott Verplank (Continued)victory over Doug tewell. 1985: Became first amateur in29 years to win a pga tour event (Doug Sanders at 1956canadian open had been the last) when he defeated Jimthorpe in a playoff at the Western open. Amateur: 1984u.S. amateur and 1986 Ncaa championship winner...Four-time all-american at oklahoma State...played on theu.S. Walker cup team in 1985.PeRSonAL:co-chair of the Next Level campaign at oklahoma State,designed to raise funds to improve the oSu footballfacilities…Suffers from type 1 diabetes, and wears apager-sized insulin pump on the course.Camilo Villegas (kuh-Me-lo bee-Jay-gus)eXeMPt StAtUS: tHE tour championship winner,multiple tournament winner (through 2012)FULL nAMe: camilo VillegasHeiGHt: 5-9WeiGHt: 160BiRtHDAte: January 7, 1982BiRtHPLAce: medellin, colombiaReSiDence: Jupiter, FLFAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: university of Florida (2004, Business)SPeciAL inteReStS: music, cycling, exercise, fashiontURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2004JoineD toUR: 2006nationwide tour Graduate (2005)PGA toUR VictoRieS (3):2008 BmW championship, tHE tour championship presentedby coca-cola. 2010 the Honda classic.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):2001 colombian open. 2007 coca-cola tokai classic [Jpn].otHeR VictoRieS (1):2008 cVS/caremark charity classic [with Bubba Watson].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—the Honda classic; 3—World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship; t5—VerizonHeritage; t8—Waste management phoenix open, St. Judeclassic, pga championship; t9—tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola.2010 SeASon:Bounced back from a rough 2009 season with his thirdcareer win, at the Honda classic. Finished 20th in thepga tour playoffs for the FedExcup, a year after falling toqualify for the playoffs finale in atlanta….Defeated Sergiogarcia, 5 and 4, in the third-place match at the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship, hisbest career finish in a World golf championships event.Had returned earlier in the day to complete a semifinalmatch against paul casey after it was delayed due to darknessat the 23rd hole the night before. made a bogey atPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2004 10 5 1 2 $237,984/2005 2 1 16,300/2006 29 18 2 1 4 7 1,742,112/382007 24 17 1 1 6 9 96,608/24 1,866,961/412008 22 19 2 2 7 10 124,550/2 4,422,641/72009 21 18 1 4 10 1,336/42 1,804,981/452010 20 18 1 1 7 9 623/20 3,035,523/16total 128 96 3 3 6 29 47 13,126,501nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2005 26 22 1 1 9 14 $233,218/13total 26 22 1 1 9 14 233,218eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 10 10 1 3 5 $1,117,019PGA toUR oF AUStRALASiAYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 8 8 1 3 4 $1,057,875* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*the 24th hole to lose to casey, who eventually lost the finalto Ian poulter. recorded six eagles during the week, themost during the tournament, surpassing paul casey’s foureagles in 2009…Fired a career-best, 9-under 62 to take thefirst-round lead at the Waste management phoenix openafter chipping in for birdie at the last hole en route to at8…Shot a final-round 68 to win the Honda classic by fivestrokes over anthony Kim for his third pga tour victory. Itcompleted a week that began with a new Nationwide tourevent in his home country of colombia. participated in thepro-am at the pacific rubiales Bogota open on tuesdayand flew to Florida on Wednesday morning. Finished at13-under 267, the lowest 72-hole score since the tournamentmoved to pga National in 2007, four shots betterthan Y.E. Yang’s winning total in 2009. Led by only twoafter Vijay Singh made a 45-foot birdie putt at the par-3fifth, but three straight birdies—starting with a 25-footeron No. 8—sent him to 15-under and six shots clear of thefield. Despite three back-nine bogeys, he still cruised tothe win…Finished t5 at the Verizon Heritage and was oneof just five players to post four sub-par rounds. Equaled apersonal best at Harbour town with a third-round, 4-under67, the fifth time he has shot that score in five starts atthe event…Finished t8 at the St. Jude classic. Brothermanny was in the field, but missed the cut…Followed thatt8 finish with another at the pga championship, jumpinginto the top 10 with a birdie on the 72nd hole…returnedPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYto tHE tour championship for the first time since his winin 2008. Finished t9 at tHE tour championship for histhird top-10 finish in three starts in atlanta…traveled toaustralia late in the season and finished t8 at the JBWereaustralian masters.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished 42nd in the FedExcup standings and equaleda career high with 10 top-25 finishes...posted three ofhis four top-10 finishes in first six starts of the year...Finished t3 at the Buick Invitational with a 2-over weekendafter holding a one-stroke, 36-hole lead over Johnrollins. First-round 63 (North course) was low round of thetournament...Finished t9 after a 2-and-1 loss to eventualchampion geoff ogilvy in the third round of the accenturematch play championship...Finished t5 at the World golfchampionships-ca championship...In defense of BmWchampionship, finished t8, aided by a final-round 66, toend his pga tour playoff run at 42nd...made his presidentscup debut for the International team at Harding park in SanFrancisco. Had an 0-4-0 record. 2008: at age 26, turned ina career season with two victories (BmW championshipand tHE tour championship presented by coca-cola) anda second-place finish in the FedExcup standings. postedcareer-best numbers with 19 (out of 22) made cuts, 10 top-25 finishes and seven top-10 finishes...posted his third top-10 in his last six starts with a t9 finish at the u.S. open, hisYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterscut cut t13 t38u.S. open cut t59 t26 t9 t33 t70British open t39 t13 t44pga cut t23 t4 t51 t8tHE pLaYErS t3 cut t66 t14 cuttour championship t9 1 t9accenture match play championship t33 t9 3Bridgestone Invitationalt36 t71ca championship t26 t5 t16HSBc championst25 t51the Barclayst21 cut WD t64Deutsche Bank championship 12 t66 t9 t3 t61 t61BmW championship cut t40 cut t7 1 t8 t11nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (1), 2009; World cup (1), 2006.2-200 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com